Award Winners of July 2025:
"Focal Point" by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award), plus Best Sci-Fi Short and Best Male Director.
Officially qualified for the 2025/2026 Annual Awards next Spring.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"The Love of Sin" by Shuai Zhang (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention), plus Best Drama Short.
Officially qualified for the 2025/2026 Annual Awards next Spring.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"Acorn, Iowa" by Madison Taylor Wolfe (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention), plus Best Student Short, Best First Time Female Director, Best Producer, Best Actress, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Screenplay.
Officially qualified for the 2025/2026 Annual Awards next Spring.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"The Pursuit Of Forgiveness" by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mention), plus Honorable Mention for Drama Short.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"Outrage!" by Ivette Ivanova (Bulgaria)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mention), plus Best Comedy Short.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"Ker" by Sajad Soleymani (Iran)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mention), plus Outstanding Achievement Award for Drama Short.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"Fire Dance" by Clara Amorós Ordás (Spain)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mention), plus Best LGBTQ Short.
07/25/2025
Award Winners of July 2025:
"Bad Actor" by Sonea Patil (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mention), plus Best Indie Short and Best Student Female Director.
07/25/2025
Christo the Civilized Barbarian is now a semi-finalist at the Los Angeles Indie Short Fest ! 🎉
While we wait for the final results, be sure to check out Christo’s first short film 👉https://bit.ly/4bcl9jP
07/23/2025
Between Neurons and Galaxies: “Focal Point” Wins Best Short of July (Special Jury Award) at Indie Short Fest
Top honors at the July 2025 edition go to Raphaël Buisson’s “Focal Point,” with Madison Wolfe’s “Acorn, Iowa” (USA) and “The Love of Sin” (China) also recognized among the month’s most distinguished shorts.
Thank you to all the amazing filmmakers who shared their work with us this month. Your creativity continues to inspire.
We are pleased to unveil the award winners of July 2025 edition. The full list is presented below in two sections: Award Winners: Genre Categories Award Winners: Technical Categories This round fea…
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IMDb qualifier Indie Short Fest (ISF-LA) is an LA-based international film competition with bimonthly live screenings in Burbank, California.
ISA-LA is looking for independent projects from all genres, particularly low or no-budget ones, as well as from all countries, especially from those traditionally underrepresented in the global film industry.
Each round, all submitted projects are featured in ISF-LA site and social media (with the publication of synopsis, stills and a trailer/teaser) as part of a general promotional action of indie production. Submitter has the option of decline any public highlight, as long as notified ISF-LA, keeping however his project(s) under consideration. These projects are judged by a random team of invited experts from academia and film industry from Los Angeles area, against a high standard of merit. From the pool of official selection, which has a very competitive acceptance rate, ISF-LA chose the nominees and award winners of the season. All of them can add their projects to IMDb. Some of the award-winning projects, selected by the programmers of ISF-LA, are publicly screened in Los Angeles at the end of each round.
Also, some of the award winners can be invited for an interview or to provide the festival with a BTS or award acceptance video statement to be published in ISF-LA website.
For the award winners, ISF-LA is about to release trophies and other awards of achievement.
Submissions are accepted through FilmFreeway, Festhome, and FilmFestivalLife.